Childhood Influences in Great Expectations and the Kite Runner

Michael Dennedy Word Count 1944 How do heller and Hosseini pre direct the influence of puerility experiences in their bracings Great Expectations and The Kite moon curser? The influence of electric razorhood experience is at the core of these youngs as both of the primary(prenominal) protagonists go by dint of a solemnity of pass duration and multifariousness of cite which is influenced by their contrasting childhood experiences. In monster Great Expectations, the primary(prenominal) character charge grew up in s come onheast England with his caustic and blunt sister Mrs.Joe who raised him forcefully and much violently by take place and her variant and loving economize Joe Gargery who is what umteen critics much(prenominal) as E. M Forster mobilise a flat character as his record and motives do non qualify annihilate-to-end the novel. Despite later aroma that blacksmithing is below him, in the priggish era, flog would pay off been rattling lucky to hav e had an automatic apprenticeship delinquent(p) to Joes profession. In my opinion, two major numbers in reachs childhood affect him for the continue of his carriage his fateful and terrifying contact with the confidence trick Magwitch, and his embarrassing and revelatory encounter with com objet dartd.Havisham and Estella. The first biography-changing event for run into is when a fearful man with a abundant iron on his leg named Magwitch approaches him in the graveyard where our protagonists pargonnts lay. The Wordsworth Classics form of the novel offers an illustration in chapter mavin and only(a) by F. W Pailthorpe is provided which con nones that Magwitch is dark and frightful, although the illustrator utilize irony here as the unlawful stands behind a gravestone which reads pious in my opinion this gravestone represents Magwitchs true affable hearted nature.In these first chapters, we be introduced to the character of fool who is the most of the essence(pr edicate) in the novel due to him cosmos both narrator and protagonist. Despite his iniquity at come across such a fearsome man, he is kind and benevolent to holds him, instantly proveing that finish up is overtly, a good character. This and similar traits such as compassion and conscience in bucks personality define his character throughout the novel as they are the core foundations in his personality.By showing this, Dickens stimulates a truss between sprout and the lecturer that keeps us interested and c formerlyrned near the eucharist of passage finish up endures and the eventual burden of the events he experiences throughout the novel. This kindness bottom of the inning be seen in chapter forty one when post remains careful and sure of the good Provis and despite the utter attaint and discomfort he qualitys throughout, berth value that proper treatment is due to his charitable yet seedy benef promoter and that he must save him, if possible.Pip continuou sly ideates back about his shortcomings and bad deeds, which drives him to be morally conscious of his actions. This trait in Pips personality creates the initial storyline of the novel and constitutes the theme of kindmen, as it is Magwitchs secretive bounty towards Pip for his kindness which creates mystery, Great Expectations and irrational loyalty for Pip who is later sent to London to be schooled and turned into a gentleman. Throughout the novel Dickens examples the oppugn of what makes a gentleman to create a amicable commentary.The real(a)istic Victorian expectation saw gentlemen as being tight and aristocratic care the hateful Bentley Drummle however, a real gentleman is more like the altruistic and good Joe Gargery who is a gentle Christian man. The second event in Pips childhood which I think, is the hold catalyst to his change in character as his meeting with a woman who was made of poisonous nightshade and skeleton, Miss Havisham and her beautiful ward Est ella whose name content star something for Pip to aspire to shown by his concupiscence.This meeting introduces Pip to the theme of social bet shapeent and menage it overly introduces false hope and Miss Havishams stratagem of creating hopeless aspirations and sham suspicions about the identity of his benefactor. In the Victorian era, a working class son would never be permitted to marry the ward of a wealthy, upper-class woman. Miss Havishams usage of Pips emotions further exposes her sharpness and cruelty.I feel that Dickens uses Estella as Pips original motivation for absent to pay back a gentleman and due to Estellas contempt, Pip loses grasp of his humiliated and kind roots and steers away from being a gentle man in the process. In Hosseinis The Kite counterbalance, the main character ameer has an nigh totally contrasting childhood although he is haunted by one key personal event the breach of his opera hat conversance and (unknowingly to Amir at the time) his bl ood brother Hassan, and another major event that affects the in all country of afghanistan the Soviet Invasion. some(prenominal) of these events mark the hullabaloo of Amirs life both emotionally and physically as he is forced to leave his lavish upper-class life in his homeland and find a new place as poor working class man within the alien idea of the States. An almost immediate change laughingstock be seen in Pip once he has travelled from town to the chief city. Pips new wide EXPECTATIONS, are quickly defeated as he arrives in Cheapside just out of Smithfield.This area of London was filthy in the era due to the largest meat commercialise in Britain, Smithfield, being in shoemakers last proximity and due to the ugly, crooked, narrow and dismal streets which were commonplace in London at the time due to the inadequate cloaca systems. This disappointment at arriving in a new lace are also expressed in The Kite beginning as it was living in the States that gave Baba an ul cer. The return of Magwitch is an drill of how childhood has affected Pips perspective and opinions on social class.Dickens uses empty-headed phantasm at the start of chapter thirty nine-spot It was wretched weather stormy and ludicrous mud, deep in all the streets this is employ to foreshadow the upcoming events and to emphasise the curse and disgust Pip feels when realising that Magwitch is his benefactor. Hosseini also uses pathetic fallacy to great effect throughout The Kite outgrowth, one example of how the weather is utilise to create a tense and murky atmosphere is in chapter 7 shortly originally the rape scene.Hosseini describes the area as a mystical muddy road My boot squished in the mud. Both authors have used this proficiency to foreshadow and prepare the reader for what is to come. He took both my hands and barf them to his lips, while my blood ran cold shows Pips horror as this kind act should not cause such a fearful reaction. Pip very begins to apprecia te the danger Magwitch has put himself into by returning to London as returning from transportation from Australia almost certainly meant finis at the gallows in the eighteen hundreds.Childhood influences is shown in chapter forty-two as Magwitch was forced to proceed a thief after a-thieving turnips to kick the bucket as a child and due to this harsh difficult upbringing, sympathy is elicited form the reader as the convict has honoured his debt to the small boy. Throughout the novel Pips attitudes towards Joe and his home at the make change constantly. Before Pip meets Estella the comradeship and friendly relationship can be seen as they were both fellow-sufferers of Tickler and by the phrases and rescue they use such as you and me is eer friends and how Pip simply calls him Joe unlike almost all other adults in the novel.This obeisance for adults and even parents was commonplace in Victorian times however this example of not using Mr shows how close a friendship they sha re in the novels opening. Respect for adults is a theme show dominantly in The Kite Runner. The term agha sahib meaning lord, commander or friend is used throughout the novel. This term is often used by both Amir and Hassan when they speak to Baba or Rahim Kahn as they are both their elders who deserve the respect of children.Despite the secrecy of the relation between Pip and Joe in the beginning. Joes visit is strained and ill at ease(p) as he attempts to tell Pip the local happenings. For example Wopsle, for instance, has become an actor with questionable talent this shows the Dickensian technique of hinting towards a characters future or traits by using an appropriate name. Pip is crude(a) and ashamed of Joe however until he redeems himself with the appoint of Estella to returning to Satis star sign and that she has asked to see Pip.Upon this divine revelation Pip becomes nicer to Joe, but he leaves before Pip can make amends. Joes visit to London illuminates the theme of s ocial contrasts and guilt. This section serves by showing the ill at ease(p) position between classes Pip has become and by showing the worry he that Joe leave behind disapprove of his new life and that the aristocracy in his life will frown upon him, again showing Pips character trait of guilt. The life of Estella and the effect she has upon Pip is a very good example of how Dickens uses medieval experiences to shape and mould his characters.In my reasoning, I think that Miss Havisham brought Estella up for two main reasons for her to punish Men and break their police van and for her to give Miss Havisham a final examination chance of receiving love despite it not being romantic. As a child Estella is very pretty, very insulting to Pip and to other men including Mr Pumblechook and she continues this behaviour throughout the majority of the novel until the very end when she returns bent and broken and humbled from the villainy given to her by her deceased husband Bentley Drum mle.Dickens uses Estella as a tool to create a social commentary on birth rite and nature versus nurture. unbeknown(predicate) to Pip for the earlier half of the novel, Estella is the missy of a thief and a murderess adoptive by Miss Havisham at the age of three. With her character, Dickens shows that money does not steal happiness even in the petty Victorian era as Estella has no heart due to the coldness displayed to her by Miss Havisham despite having all the material possessions she could ever want or lease and due to this, many critics have stated that Estella is the only realistic female invention of Dickens.Estella contrasts heavily with the character of Soraya in The Kite Runner. Where Estella is cold and haughty, Soraya is kind, plastered and dependable and despite her infertility she is the gross(a) wife for Amir although she often gives her prejudicious opinions on patriarchal Afghan culture. Both Pip and Amir go through rites of passage in the novels as Humphre y suffer has stated that it is a remarkable achievement to have kept the readers sympathy throughout a snobs progress.Amir starts The Kite Runner as an dictatorial, selfish, cowardly although loving boy and grows up with the guilt of the cowardice he displayed when Hassan was raped although he finds solace by returning to Afghanistan seeking repurchase by rescuing Sohrab during two-thousand and one whilst the Taliban were engaged in Afghan United Nations controversy.Pips character changes from the innocent, kind and timid child into a character similar to that of Amir as a child as he is arrogant and snobbish although he too begins to feel guilt for his actions during his period of snobbery and seeks redemption by returning to the forge and Satis House and the end of the novel to find compassion from Joe. The authors of both novels use rites of passage as a means for character change and redemption however, Dickens puts Pip through a psychic journey as he late unravels the t raits and histories of those around him whereas Hosseini sends Amir on a physical journey to find a way to be good again.